Pierre LOTI (1850-1923)

Lot 20
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Pierre LOTI (1850-1923)
L.A.S., [mid-March 1885], to a lady; 3 pages in-8. Departure for the China campaign. He has just spent "some very painful days of waiting and uncertainty; finally I am being sent to Far Asia, under the orders of Admiral Courbet, by the Mytho which is to leave Toulon on March 20. It is next Monday that I will say goodbye to my mother, to my country for a time that I do not know. I leave very sadly, with the regret of many broken projects, with the prospect of not coming back, and the fear of finding empty places at home when I return"...
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